Disclosure in relation to the purchase or use of voluntary carbon offsets
The Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act, Assembly Bill No. 1305 (“AB-1305”), was signed into law in California on October 7, 2023, and DLL, as a 100% subsidiary of Rabobank Group discloses below specified information related to the purchase or use of voluntary carbon offsets sold or marketed in California.
The following disclosure is made pursuant to this and was last updated on 23 June 2025:
44475.1 – Purchase or use of voluntary carbon offsets
DLL as part of the Rabobank Group is committed to identifying carbon removal and emissions avoidance projects that follow the highest environmental and social standards and that reflect our responsibility to comply. Carbon removal and emission avoidance projects in scope of the VCMDA are noted below based on 2024 data:
Number of carbon credits* | 15.492 |
9.683 | 12.394 | 1.162 |
Supplier | Rabobank, Carbon Bank |
Climate Neutral Group | Rabobank, Acorn | Rabobank, Carbon Bank |
Registry | Gold standard | Gold standard | Plan Vivo | Puro.earth |
Identification | GS11440 | GS11068 | Acorn2024.014 | 432524 |
Project name | KOKO Kenya - Ethanol Cookstoves Program |
Household biogas project in Uttarakhand and Kerala, India |
Acorn | Exomad Green, Concepción |
Project type | Avoided emissions | Avoided emissions | Carbon removal | Carbon removal |
Site location | Kenya | India | Kenya | Bolivia |
Protocol | Kyoto Protocol requirements, UNFCCC rules, applicable CDM requirements and requirement of Gold Standard. | Kyoto Protocol requirements, UNFCCC rules, applicable CDM requirements and requirement of Gold Standard. |
Methodology approved by the Plan Vivo Foundation and an accredited validation and verification body, AENOR |
Puro.earth biochar protocol |
Third-party verification | Independently verified by LGAI Technological Center, S.A. (contracted by KOKO Networks Limited) | Independently verified by LGAI Technological Center, S.A. (contracted by First Climate Markets AG) |
Independently verified by Preferred by Nature OÜ. | Third-party verification by an auditor against the methodology for biochar. |
*1 credit compensates for 1000kg CO2 emissions